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5 years 1 day ago #247669 by kelly369
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My wife had a Esa assesment in late October, put in the support group for 2 years, 3 month later had a pip assesment and have not qualified for pip. Lots of inaccuracies in the report, infact I thought they had made a mistake and had got my wife mixed up with someone else. we Always record the Esa assements, but on this occasion did not record the PIP assesment. As part of the mandatory reconsideration can I submit the ESA report... as it seems the PIp assessor thinks there is nothing wrong with my wife, she suffers from depression, anxiety and agoraphobia. Shocked!
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5 years 1 day ago #247671 by BIS
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Hi Lesley
I'm sorry this has happened. It is not sufficient for you just to include the ESA report, because the criteria are not the same. So you need to show where the information in the ESA report is relevant to PIP.
Make sure that you have a look at our guidance on UC/ESA and PIP overlap on the link below.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
As far as the inaccuracies are concerned make sure the majority of your focus is on the area where your wife did not score points and you believe she should have done so.
BIS
I'm sorry this has happened. It is not sufficient for you just to include the ESA report, because the criteria are not the same. So you need to show where the information in the ESA report is relevant to PIP.
Make sure that you have a look at our guidance on UC/ESA and PIP overlap on the link below.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
As far as the inaccuracies are concerned make sure the majority of your focus is on the area where your wife did not score points and you believe she should have done so.
BIS
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5 years 9 hours ago #247715 by kelly369
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I rang up Pip help line and asked them to send us the health professionals report as we wanted a mandatory reconsideration. She said it would be sent out and that she would make a note on the system that we wanted a reconsideration. I told her that I didn't want the decision maker to look at my claim "yet" as I wanted to send in the relevant information first. The help line advisor said it wouldn't be looked at, she was just putting a note on the system to register it. Is this correct, or am I going to get a call a couple of weeks later to say that the decision still stands even though I didn't submit any info to say why I disagree. I just don't trust them I'm afraid. Plus the letter telling us that my wife had received 0 PIP was sent on the 24th and we didn't receive it until the 5th ...so less time. .I've been to a few tribunals and won them all, but I'm seriously considering is it really worth putting my wife through this again.
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5 years 5 hours ago - 5 years 5 hours ago #247722 by Gordon
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Lesley
I'm afraid I think it likely that an MR has been registered on the DWP's system, however, you should still have at least four weeks to send in further information although this includes postage so you would be best to allow just three weeks.
MR Decisions seem to be taking around 10-12 weeks but you cannot rely on the extra time, if you struggle to find new evidence then I would send what you have at the three week mark saying you will send further information when you can source it.
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I'm afraid I think it likely that an MR has been registered on the DWP's system, however, you should still have at least four weeks to send in further information although this includes postage so you would be best to allow just three weeks.
MR Decisions seem to be taking around 10-12 weeks but you cannot rely on the extra time, if you struggle to find new evidence then I would send what you have at the three week mark saying you will send further information when you can source it.
Gordon
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